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Generations taught only to satisfy their own needs. What happens when a child never hears "no"?
May 25, 2026
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Generations taught only to satisfy their own needs. What happens when a child never hears "no"?

Contemporary parents do everything to make sure the child never feels any discomfort — never cries, never gets tired, never gets bored, never hears "no". The trouble is that this child grows up convinced that the world will always revolve around them. A short, uncomfortable conversation about the boundaries that are slowly disappearing — and the price paid by a child whom nobody ever taught that other people have needs too.

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A screen in a child's hand. The pandemic of addiction we don't want to name
May 22, 2026
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A screen in a child's hand. The pandemic of addiction we don't want to name

Infants are handed a phone so they will stop crying. Two-year-olds eat their lunch in front of a screen, "because then they'll eat". Five-year-olds have their own smartphone, and ten-year-olds have a TikTok account. Meanwhile blue light disrupts sleep, dopamine from apps is addictive like a drug, and relationships with peers collapse before they have properly begun. A short, uncomfortable conversation about the pandemic of smartphone addiction we are giving our own children — and about who is really paying the price.

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AuADHD — when autism and ADHD co-occur
May 19, 2026
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AuADHD — when autism and ADHD co-occur

Until recently it was claimed that autism and ADHD were mutually exclusive. Today we know this is simply untrue — among people with an autism diagnosis, 30–80% also meet the criteria for ADHD, and among people with ADHD, 20–50% meet the criteria for the spectrum. AuADHD looks different from 'autism plus ADHD' added arithmetically — the features modulate each other.

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The diaper is an invention, not a developmental stage. Why potty training should start much earlier
May 18, 2026
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The diaper is an invention, not a developmental stage. Why potty training should start much earlier

Disposable diapers have existed for sixty years. Humanity — for three hundred thousand. For thousands of years children learned to control their bladder before their first birthday. Over the last forty years that window has stretched to two and a half years, sometimes longer. What happened to potty training? A short, uncomfortable conversation about physiology, the myth of "readiness," and an industry that earns more the longer it takes you to reach for the potty.

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ADHD in girls — the same mechanism, a different costume
May 15, 2026
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ADHD in girls — the same mechanism, a different costume

For years it was said that ADHD was the domain of lively, 'naughty' boys. In fact, ADHD in girls looks completely different — because the symptoms are filtered by masking. 'Drifting off' in thought rather than running around, fiddling with a strand of hair instead of a leg under the table, perfectionism as a form of camouflage, shame instead of an outburst. That is why girls are diagnosed on average several years later.

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Future Skills: What a Child Really Needs
May 9, 2026
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Future Skills: What a Child Really Needs

Coding courses for preschoolers, "brain-developing" apps, panic about artificial intelligence. And the research says something boring: the skills that genuinely predict how a child does in life develop through play — not in an app.

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ADHD characteristics — what this neurodevelopmental profile looks like
May 2, 2026
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ADHD characteristics — what this neurodevelopmental profile looks like

ADHD is not a 'merely childhood' diagnosis, and it is not 'simply a lack of discipline.' It is a neurodevelopmental profile with specific, well-described features: emotional sensitivity, sensory reactivity, impulsivity, attentional asymmetry (lack of focus versus hyperfocus), and procrastination. The well-known image of 'a Ferrari engine with the brakes of a Fiat 126p' captures it better than many a textbook definition.

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